Big eye

[Poms]

Hello,

Wondering if there’s anything I can do for this little guy. I have no clue what happened He’s in 55 gallon with 3 other goldfish. Thanks in advance.

Hello,

Wondering if there’s anything I can do for my little guy. Thanks in advance.

 

[Colin_T]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Can you post a couple more pictures?

Which eye has the issue?
eg: Is it a moor that lost an eye or has the eye puffed up like a balloon?

 

[Poms]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Can you post a couple more pictures?

Which eye has the issue?
eg: Is it a moor that lost an eye or has the eye puffed up like a balloon?

Thanks for the reply. It’s not a moor, its a pom pom goldfish, at least thats how he was labeled when bought. It’s the left eye that has blown up

 

[seangee]

This happened to one of my tetras a while ago. Growth or injury
75% water change and watch and wait worked in my case. It cleared itself after around 10 days.

 

[Poms]

This happened to one of my tetras a while ago. Growth or injury
75% water change and watch and wait worked in my case. It cleared itself after around 10 days.

Thanks! Makes me feel better

 

[FishGuest5123]

Are his Pom pom’s Usually white? I’ve honestly never seen an eye this large except in telescope eyes. I presume it is a form of pop eye. You can treat with Kanaplex and Furan-2 according to directions. You can also place him in Epsom salt baths several times a day. Epsom salt helps pull fluid off the eye. Simply add 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt to a gallon of dechlorinated water or tank water. Leave him in it for 5 minutes each time. Good luck. Please keep us posted.

 

[Colin_T]

I wouldn't handle the fish or lift it out of water at this stage. If the eye is that swollen, any pressure on it from being lifted could cause it to pop.

Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge.

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week or more and see how it goes. Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, don't clean the filter if it's less than 6 weeks old. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use them.

Increase aeration/ surface turbulence to maximise the oxygen levels in the tank.

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Add some salt to the tank.
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 2 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water.

If you only have livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies), goldfish or rainbowfish in the tank you can double that dose rate, so you would add 4 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria but the higher dose rate will affect some plants. The lower dose rate will not affect plants.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.